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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 25, 1941

Antonescu Breaks Back Of Iron Guardist Revolution

But Disorders WAT HET Still Continue In Bucharest

FOLLOWING YESTERDAY MORNING'S OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CAP- TURE BY REGULAR TROOPS IN BUCHAREST OF 600 REBELS LED BY GENERAL PETRO- VICESCU, LATELY MINISTER OF INTERIOR, IT APPEARS PROBABLE THAT THE BACK OF THE RUMANIAN REVOLUTION HAS BEEN GENUINELY BROKEN.

By regaining possession of the Buchar- est radio General Antonescu, the Premier, has once more in his hands a most valuable instrument for calming the people.

Nevertheless conflicting reports continue to arrive in Belgrade from Sofia, and passen- gers arriving in Sofia by air give vivid ac- counts of the confusion in Bucharest streets which seemingly on Wednesday were a verit- able battlefield.

They add that certain elements

of the army have joined the re- bels in spite of General Antones- cu's denials.

The German army, it is stated, has taken no part in the fighting

Food Shortage

The prefecture of police, when the main fighting occurred. is d big stone building in the mam street of Bucharest, with a large courtyard, and is open to fire from three sides.

Casualties on both sides

therefore were probably heavy Considerable looting is reported

to have occurred, and already, ow-

ing to the dislocation of transport,

there is a shortage of food.

for-

Passenger traffic was still bidden on Wednesday, according to three passengers who got away by air to Sofia.

Warning To Bulgaria

Demand

Nobody downhearted here: Life is too happy and healthy and busy at Kennylands Boys' Camp School, for anything but smiles. Thess young Britons giving the camera-man such 2 hearty send-off from, the terrace of a school hut, have made a grand success of a Government experi ment-they are the self-supporting citizens of a little open-air community. (Copyright, Fox).

SERVICE CHIEFS IN SECRETIVE MOOD

GENERAL MARSHALL, Admiral Stark and Major-General Brett, Chiefs of the Army and Navy and Acting Chief of the Air Corps, respectively, have declined to give evidence before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Lease and Lend Bill except in 'secret session.

Announcement of this by the Committee's chairman yesterday for the cessation of angered Hamilton Fish (Repu- hostilities by Horia Sima, Vice-blican) who told the press he Premier and Iron Guard leader, on would insist that the Service ex- Thursday, is regarded in Belgrade perts appear before the public as an important factor in the si- session.

tuation, though why he was si- He declared the Democratic ma- so long remains unex-jority were trying to arrange to hear Service men privately, and added: by

lent for plained.

A statement broadcast Sofia radio yesterday contained a warning to Bulgaria. Events in Rumanta should noted carefully in Bulgaria. the announcer said, and conclusions drawn from them.

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Synagogues In Flames

is:

While the rest of Rumania reported calm, some small isolated centres of resistance to the Gov- ernment remain in Bucharest, uc- cording to a Havas despatch from the Rumanian capital.

These centres of resistance,

WHY MISS BERGNER?

There is much ado in official cir cles over the fact that Elisabeth

Bergner has "walked out" on the Ministry of Information propa- "The majority. are afraid what ganda film, "Forty-ninth Parallel," they might say after what Col-which was to tell the world what onel Lindbergh said yesterday Canada means to the Empire. about the impossibility of this country being invaded."

The Committee rejected, by 13 votes to 10, a motion by Hamil- ton Fish to have three Service Chiefs testify publicly and decid- ed to invite them to testify in secret. Reuter.

BRITISH

however, are rapidly being mop- HOLDINGS

per up and order is said to have, been completely restored in all suburbs.

Tanks are patrolling the streets

still heard from time to time.

IN U.S.

of the capital, where shots are Liquidation of British All shops including chemists marketable securities in establishments, have been lost the United States was the ed, white synagogues throughout subject of a the city are in flames,

conference

between the Secretary of High Death Roll Treasury and British offl-

Her refusal to continue in the part, for which she had already made ceveral scenes in Canada, is to cost the "taxpayers £25,000.

Without entering into the rights Land wrongs of the case, but as one with a wholesome. admiration of |the Ministry's genius for doing the wrong thing, I should like to know who was responsible for engaging Miss Bergner to take a leading part in "boosting" our Empire, asks a correspondent.

British Now, But-

Miss Bergner, it is true, is one of the world's greatest actresses and now a ‘British cltizön, But | she le Austrian by birth and did -not adopt the nationality of Bri-:

tain until two years ago,

The number of dead and injured cials in Washington yes-still, Canadian actress who could as result of the revolt is feared terday. to be high, and the largest num-

Was there no British or, better

have filled the role? It is not, for instance, a trade custom to ad- ber of victims is believed to have British Treasury, is quoted by ing an imported variety to the Sir Frederick Phillips, of the vertise English apples by supply- resulted from fighting round the the Dow Jones Agency as Bay-consumer. Prime Minister's office and the prefecture of police."

ing that the liquidations are pro- The population appeared in the ceeding at a satisfactory rate, Is there any just cause for the streets again yesterday after the The Treasury estimates that at Minis ry departing from this well- the nightmare of the last few December 31 British holdings in established rule? days.*.

markétable United States securi- For this reason I welcome the Meanwhile it is stated that the ties amounted to $818,000,000. news that Miss Bergner will no Legionary movement is to be re- Other quarters state that Bri-longer star in this Empire film. forined, and reorganised. Horia tish officials will shortly reach But, as one who must help to foot Sims, the Iron Guard leader, has the United States with a list of the bill, I feel we might be told been removed from that post and direct investments which may be who conaldered "it, necessary to Gammal Antonescu la to take over sold to Unidad: Senses sinterests.---| pass over every actress in the Em~ personal leadership. Reuter. Reuter: 10-

pire in favour of Misk Berngering

IRON GUARD LEADER "WANTED"

The people of Ru- mania were asked by wireless yesterday to reveal the where- abouts of those pro- minent in the recent revolt, says a Buch- àrest message to the German official news agency in Berlin.

Among those sought is Horia Sima, Leader of the Iron Guard. Reuter.

MEDIATION OFFER ACCEPTED

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The Governments of Thailand (Siam) and French Indo-China have formally accepted the Japanese Government's proposal to settle the bor- ¡der disputes peacefully, it was announced in Tokyo last night by the Board of Information,

The announcement said that the Thailand and Indo-China Gov- ernments not only agreed to 'end - border hostilities but also agreed » to hold a conference in Tokyo soon to carry out negotiations. for

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HUNGARY AND THE a peaceful settlement with the

Japanese Government acting 'mediator.

SOVIET

Direct telegraphic "communica It is understood that Mr. Y. tion between Hungary and Soviet Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Min- Russia has now been opened, acister, submitted the Japanese pro- cording to a Budapest radio an-posal to the Thailand and Indo- nouncement last night quoted by China Governments on Monday.

Reuter. Reuter.

Reception at the British Embassy In Cairo. Air Chlet Mar- abri Già Arthur Longmore,

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the aao-In¬Qhief caption in Cairo.